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Lfc. DAVIDSON, i ADIUSTABLE RETAINER FOR CiGARS IN BOXES.

APYLICATION FILED MAR. I9. 19H. 1,304,266. Patented my 20,1919.

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UNITED sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

LYMAN C. DAVIDSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ADJUSTABLE RETAINER FOR CIGARS IN BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1919.

Application filed March 19, 1917. Serial No. 155,682.

shaken around in the box as it is moved about either in the cigar storewhere the goods are sold or by being carried in the pocket or in avehicle.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for this purpose,which can be easily made and readily applied to and removed from thecigar box without in any wayinjuring the contents thereof.

The invention consists generally in' detachable means bodily insertiblein the cigar box for retaining the cigars in position, the

Vsame being flexible so as lto accommodate itself to any number ofcigars from one up which may -be in the box. `The invention consistsmore particularly in the features and ydetails of construction hereaftermore fully set forth in the specication and claim. f l

'msm lllustrated'ln the left half of Fig. 1,

the rigid member 24 is provided on one end` Referring to thedrawings, inwhich similar numerals indicate the same parts throughout the severalviews, i

Figure l is a. plan view of theI cigar box having a quantity of cigarsless than the capacity of the box retained in position by the device ofthis invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the cigars and securing mechanism shown in Fig.1 taken just inside the lower side wall shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a Vdetail view illustrating the form of operating mechanismfor attaching the device to the box employed at thev left end of thepile of cigars of Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is the alternative and preferred form of mechanism foraccomplishing the same result as that of the device of Fig. 3, it beingthe mechanism employed at the right end of the cigars of Figs. l and 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail view partially in section through the right hand endof the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a detail view partially in section device of this invention,broadly accompllshesgthis result by providing one or through the lefthand end of the mechanism of Fig. 4. j l

Fig. 7 .is ya vchanged position view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 5.Thev specic embodiment of the invention illustrated in the, drawings isespecially designed for` application to an ordinary wooden cigar box`having side walls 10, end walls 12, a bottom 14, and a cover 16. The

device might,`however, be appliedV to boxes of other materials thisinvention.

When part of the cigars 17 in a box have been removed, it is necessary,if the box with the remaining cigars are to be transported, that somedevice be providedl for tightly securing the remaining cigars in compactposition so that they vwill not be broken. The speaking,

without departing from a plurality of flexible, usually elastic, bands2O extending Ijover the cigars in the box and attached at their oppositeends to removable supports 22 and 24 insertedvacross the box `in 'anydesired position.' The more particular features of 'this inventionrelate `to means for securing these rigid supports 22 and 24 in selectedpositions along-the side walls 10 of the cigar box. v

,In the particular form of securing mechawith an enlargement 26 in whicha needle 28 is screw-threaded at 30, as shown in detail in'Fig. 6, andat the other end with a 'corresponding venlargement 32 in which a needle34 is reciprocatably mounted. The needle 28 may be detacha'blyV securedin adjusted position -by a lock nut'36. The needle 34 is reciprocated bythe operation of two toggle links 3 8 Vand 40, link 38 being ,pivotedtoy needle 34 at 42 and'to link 40 at 44, the

'latter link 40 being journaled on a xed bent portion lor from theposition of Fig. 3 until link member 40 touches stop 48, the two pins 28and 34 will be driven into engagement with the comparatively soft wallslOpof the box, thus definitely positioning the device of Fig. 3 withreference to the box and the cigars therein. The mechanism of Fig. 3just described can, if desired, be used at both ends of the pile ofcigarswithout departing from this invention. f

The preferred form of mechanism illustrated at the' right hand end of`the pile of cigars, Fig. l, isy applied to rigid support 22. Thislatter support is lprovided 'at one end with the parts 26, 28, 30 and 36identically like those heretoforeldesoribed. At theopposite end of thismemberV 22 is an enlargement 50 in which locking 'pin 52 is reciprocablein the same manner that pin 34 moves in member 32. fThe outer end ofthis pin'52 is provided with a sharppoint 54 adapted to readily enterthematerial of a side wall 10 of the cigar box, while the opposite endof the pin'is provided `with a right angularly lug 56 entering andtraveling in an elongatedslot 58 'cut inthe adj acentportion'of rigidmember 22. Pivoted to member 22 at 62 is a locking lever 64 havingformed'in it a cam slot 66 inclosing'mem-ber or 'lug 56 on pin 52. Thiscam slot 66 is so shaped and arranged ythat when :the parts arein theposition shown 'in Fig. 5, the -pin 52 is drawninto'member 50,' and thatwhen the lever 64 has been moved through .the position of Fig. 7 to aposition in which lever 54 is in alinementwith .memberI 22, the pin 56will' be projected from membery 30 sufficiently' so that pins 28 and 52will be driveninto'the walls 10 of the cigarbox, as clearly appears inFig. 1.

The members 26, 32`and 50' 'are provided with loops 70 under which thebends 20 pass, as shown, in the process of assembling 'the parts,thereby preventing removal of the bands from the device when `the rigidsupporting members 22 and 24 are removed from a particular 'cigar box.

While the devicelhas been shown and described as applicable to a woodencigar box, it is obvious that if a metallic cigar box have its wallscorresponding to walls 10 indented or completely perforated, the devicecan be applied and used in such a box.

In the practical operation of the device, member 24 and its attachedparts will ordinarily be inserted in position across the cigar box, asshown in Fig. l, and left there for an indefinite time while theoperator will reposition the member 22 from time to time, as the removalof cigars 17 from the box may require. The elastic bands 20 shouldkordinarily be so constructed thatV a limited number of cigars may beremoved from underneath these elastic bands without its being necessaryto remove and reposition the member 22. "In repositioning this member22, the operator obviously moves the lever 64 to the position shownin^'Fig.5k to remove the member 22, and after replacing that member inits new 'position locks it there by moving the lever64 through andbeyond the position of Figf? to that shown at the right hand 'end ofFig. l, as heretofore described. Having thus described my invention,what `I claimas new'anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device for securing' loose articles `ina receptacle comprising aflexible retaining member, anchor members lcarried at the ends of theiiexiblemember respectively, one of lsaid anchor members includinga'body, having means at one 'end for engagement with one wall of areceptacle, a longitudinally reciprocating pin carried at the other endof the body for engagement and disengagement with and from an oppositewall of a receptacle, a lateral extension on said pin movable in alongitudinalslot'jin the body, and an operating Vlever pivoted to thebody and having a 'cam slot receiving 'the lateral extension' whereby3kthe4 movement of the lever will reciprocate the pin.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence oftwo wit- IIGSSQS.

ILYMAN C. DAVIDSON.

Witnesses:

DWIGHT B. G'Hnnvnn,

S. RosENzwEIG.

Gpies of thisl patentv may be' obtail'nedfoi veeents each, by addressingthe lilommissieneg` of Patents.

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